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23/07/2024

All-Ireland Hurling Final Tactical Analysis: Clare got their numbers right, but it’s hard to measure sheer magic

The Banner completely dominated on Cork’s puckout, while losing out badly on turnovers - but the genius of Tony Kelly is hard to express with stats

23/07/2024

Shane O’Donnell relieved to survive injury scare and play his part in Clare’s final success - ‘On Tuesday evening I thought I was 100 per cent gone’ says Banner star after he suffered a mild hamstring tear in training

Banner star says he thought he was '100 per cent gone' after he suffered a mild hamstring tear in training

23/07/2024

Michael Murphy: Faking phone calls, meeting pretend-presidents and being ambushed by your parents on TV - The protocols of the lead-up to an All-Ireland final can seem strange, but are ultimately useful

The protocols of the lead-up to an All-Ireland final can seem strange, but are ultimately useful

23/07/2024

Finally, the 2024 Olympic Games begins this week. Here is your guide to the best sport on tv over the next few days.

Your guide to the best sport on television

22/07/2024

Shane Lowry told a camera man “As I was over the ball I could just see you putting your f**kin’ camera up. Just get outta the way. Just get back there. F**k sake!”

Shane Lowry takes flak as brutal links test at Royal Troon taxes patience of world’s best players

22/07/2024

After several Munster final and All-Ireland semi-final defeats, Banner veterans like Tony Kelly, John Conlon and David McInerney grasped the opportunity to add to their 2013 medals

22/07/2024

Pat Ryan believes the GAA should reconsider the use of extra time as a mechanism to decide drawn All-Ireland finals.

Cork manager says extra time becomes a lottery due to players going down injured

22/07/2024

When asked about the chances of Horgan and Seamus Harnedy coming back next year, the Cork manager replies: “Oh yeah, without a shadow of a doubt."

Cork hotel a quiet place after All-Ireland final defeat to Clare, but children still arrive looking for selfies and autographs

22/07/2024

Hurling’s biggest showpiece was broadcast on BBC 2 for the first time on Sunday, bringing the sport to thousands of new, widening eyes in the UK.

Calls for more coverage next year as hurling builds a new fanbase in the UK

22/07/2024

Nicky English: Clare are deserving champions. In a final that was always going to be decided on tight margins they gave an accomplished performance and met head-on the threats that made Cork favourites.

Cork were unable to recreate their best form but still only lost narrowly

22/07/2024

The hurling year in review: The best players, games and moments along with the biggest surprises and disappointments, as chosen by our writers

The best players, games and moments along with the biggest surprises and disappointments, as chosen by our writers

22/07/2024

After an All-Ireland final where 75 points were shared, and which was won by just one, the easy thing for Pat Ryan to do would have been to point to referee Johnny Murphy’s decisions, but he chose not to.

Cork v Clare: Cork manager is disappointed how his team allowed too many short puckouts

22/07/2024

The Spanish football gospel has spread to Ireland. Last year, Atlético Madrid, one of Spain’s aristocrats in club football, established a beachhead in the country, setting up an official academy in Dublin

Spanish giants are looking to unearth gifted young Irish footballers after Brexit closed off traditional pathway to British clubs

22/07/2024

Denis Walsh: The bottom line clarifies everything. After an All-Ireland final of mesmerising chaos and staggering twists Clare were in front when the counting reached an exhausted stop; by then there had been nearly 100 minutes of breathless play. In the hurling championship delirium is a recurring condition. Yesterday it gripped Croke Park until all reason was lost. Nobody missed it.

All-Ireland hurling final review: Tony Kelly helps propel the Banner to victory after extra-time

21/07/2024

Clare people will spend decades trying to convey what it was like to have Tony Kelly hurling for them. Most of all, they will try to get across what it was like to have him in the 2024 All-Ireland final. A reduced version of himself, but in no way a lesser one.

The Clare captain finished as the leading scorer from play against Cork and his 1-4 contained some of the most incredible scores an All-Ireland final has ever seen

21/07/2024

The pundits were in no doubt that this was a final for the ages, with the only complaint being that there wasn’t a replay

21/07/2024

Brian Lohan was delighted Tony Kelly got to experience the honour of walking up the steps of the Hogan Stand to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup for Clare.

‘We had great faith in the group, great faith in the panel of players that we picked’

21/07/2024

Bald facts: Clare won the 2024 All-Ireland hurling title. In a taut conclusion they held off Cork at the very end of extra time to win by the requisite point. This was, however, a grand opera of a finale. The hurling championship has been so riveting this season that this was a fitting end.

Tony Kelly gets back to his best as he captains the Banner to their fifth All-Ireland title

21/07/2024

Player ratings - Tony Kelly: What words can you say? Kelly produced moments of magic in this final that seemed barely believable – a stupendous wonder-goal, a ridiculous point when spinning in injury-time and another in extra-time that is already guaranteed to feature on a highlights reel of the greatest All-Ireland final scores. Rating: 9

The Banner kept some of Cork’s marquee forwards quiet, while being driven forward by John Conlan and Tony Kelly

21/07/2024

Visibly battered and bruised after Saturday’s 77, Lowry returned like his own self for the finale of this great championship and fought tooth and nail, showcased his shot-making and creativity, and sank some outrageous putts too

Irish golfer cards final round of 68 after 77 in tough conditions on Saturday proved very costly

21/07/2024

Five key moments: Robert Downey and Tony Kelly score two of the best ever final goals, Johnny Murphy makes a huge call and Kelly finishes it off

Robert Downey and Tony Kelly score two of the best ever final goals, Johnny Murphy makes a huge call and Kelly finishes it off

21/07/2024

Xander Schauffele stormed to his second Major win of the summer as a closing six-under 65 saw the American star collect the Claret Jug at Royal Troon on Sunday.

American adds Claret Jug to US PGA title he won at Valhalla in May; Shane Lowry finishes in sixth spot after 68

21/07/2024

Cork v Clare live updates: All-Ireland hurling final - Follow all the action from Croke Park

Follow all the action from Croke Park as Cork look to win first Liam MacCarthy Cup since 2005

21/07/2024

All-Ireland hurling final preview: Cork’s momentum can get them over the line in tight finale

Cork need slightly less to go right for them than Clare

21/07/2024

Malachy Clerkin: The reasons why it’s impossible to begrudge either Cork or Clare an All-Ireland final win

From Ger Loughnane to Jimmy Barry-Murphy, from Shane O’Donnell the astronaut to Patrick Horgan the record breaker, nobody outside the counties involved has a bone to pick this weekend

20/07/2024

Shane Lowry on his 77 at Troon: "It is just hard because I felt I played a lot of unbelievable golf today"

On a wickedly wet and miserable day in Scotland, Offaly man finishes round three behind Billy Horschel

20/07/2024

You Got To Me, the filly lovingly labelled “a nutter” by her jockey Hector Crouch emerged on top in an incident-packed Juddmonte Irish Oaks at the Curragh on Saturday.

The biggest Oaks field in 14 years at the Kildare venue saw several runners endure traffic problems

20/07/2024

As expected everything about the London Diamond League played out as a final dress rehearsal before the Paris Olympics, and Rhasidat Adeleke made another statement of her intent, running the second fastest time of her life when moving down to the 200 metres.

Irish sprinter was only just off her personal best in her less favoured event

20/07/2024

The Open third round live updates: Follow all the action from Royal Troon as Shane Lowry has a two-shot lead overnight

Follow all the action from Royal Troon as the Offaly man has a two-shot lead overnight

20/07/2024

Malachy Clerkin: Here’s where we are - this team will win medals and possibly the most ever at an Olympics

Here’s where we are - this team will win medals and possibly the most ever